A new paper by colleagues from our Centre!

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In the context of the refugee crisis in Poland following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, authors conducted a four-wave panel study (N = 598) with time-lags of two and four weeks between waves in March and April 2022. Their study aimed … Continued

EASP 2023 conference

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This year, between June 30th and July 4th, we had the pleasure of hosting the 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology. We welcomed over 1700 guests and organized 11 parallel panels, along with numerous inspiring satellite … Continued

A new paper in British Journal of Social Psychology by Maciek Sekerdej, Mirjana Rupar, Katarzyna Jamróz-Dolińska and Maryna Kołeczek from our lab!

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Maciek Sekerdej, Mirjana Rupar, Katarzyna Jamróz-Dolińska and Maryna Kołeczek from our lab just published a paper in the British Journal of Social Psychology!   In order to clarify the perceptual underpinnings of critical national attachment, they examined the links between constructive … Continued

PhD defence of Marta Maj

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We are happy to announce that Marta Maj from our lab has recently defended her doctoral thesis entitled ‘Facing Hypocrisy: Cognitive Dissonance and Strategies of its Reduction Regarding Value Importance’. The thesis was written under the supervision of Małgorzata Kossowska, … Continued

Baza polskich badań o Covid-19 / Polish research on Covid-19 – database

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Zapraszamy do zapoznania się z polskimi badaniami dotyczącymi psychologicznych i społecznych aspektów pandemii COVID-19. Poniżej publikujemy informacje na temat bazy autorstwa Estery Jańczak, Karoliny Nowak oraz Małgorzaty Kossowskiej z naszego Zakładu. Zamieszczamy też link do samej bazy: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12xFjKGLLAawiYZBouGThq20yRi31mw3yDRQPL0SZDl4/edit#gid=0 Zachęcamy do skorzystania! … Continued

Solidarity with the Ukrainian people | Job offer / Солідарність з українським народом | Пропозиція працевлаштування

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In the name of academic freedom and in solidarity with the Ukrainian people, the Centre of Social Cognitive Studies in the Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, is offering to host 1 post-doc position for a social psychologist from Ukrainian … Continued

Knowledge Resistance in High-Choice Information Environments

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A new book with the chapters co-authored by the researchers from our Lab is out! ‘Knowledge Resistance in High-Choice Information Environments’ has been published by Routledge.   Throughout the chapters, knowledge resistance is analyzed in an interdisciplinary manner, at the … Continued

Małgorzata Kossowska awarded with a CHANSE grant!

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Małgorzata Kossowska was awarded with a CHANSE grant in a call “Transformations: Social and Cultural Dynamics in the Digital Age”. Project title: “Moving From Networked To Patchworked Society: Motivational Unperpinnings and Societal Consequences” The main goal of the project is … Continued

A new paper in Psychological Science!

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A new paper in Psychological Science by Ewa Szumowska, Natalia Wójcik, Paulina Szwed, & Arie W. Kruglanski! People typically prefer feedback consistent with what they think of themselves and reject feedback inconsistent with their self-views (e.g., they disregard compliments they … Continued

A new paper in Personality and Individual Differences by Maryna Kołeczek, Katarzyna Jamróz-Dolińska, Mirjana Rupar, and Maciej Sekerdej from our lab!

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Maryna Kołeczek, Katarzyna Jamróz-Dolińska, Mirjana Rupar, and Maciej Sekerdej from our lab just published a new paper in Personality and Individual Differences. They found differences in the way critical and uncritical patriots think. Critical patriotism is the willingness to criticize one’s … Continued

Stypendium dla młodych naukowców / naukowczyń

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Stypendium dla młodych naukowców / naukowczyń w związku z realizacją projektu pt. „Aktywne radzenie sobie z niekontrolowalnością: Inwestowanie wysiłku poznawczego jako strategia odbudowania kontroli osobowej” finansowanego ze środków Narodowego Centrum Nauki w ramach konkursu OPUS 21. Po więcej informacji zapraszamy >>TUTAJ<< … Continued

Doktorat z zakresu psychologii społecznej

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Uwaga studenci 4-5 roku zainteresowani doktoratem z zakresu psychologii społecznej! O sukcesie w naborze na studia doktoranckie decyduje przygotowanie i jakość projektu badawczego. Dobry projekt może także umożliwić dofinansowanie pracy w ramach studiów doktoranckich (wyższe stypendium, zapewnione wizyty studyjne, kursy … Continued

Best wishes

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Wishing you a Happy Holiday and a joyful New Year. ❄️❄️❄️ Best wishes from our Centre! ❄️❄️❄️  

PhD defence of Anna Potoczek

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We are glad to share with that Anna Potoczek from our lab has recently defended her doctoral thesis entitled ‘The impact of lack of control on norm perception and conformity’. The thesis was written under the supervision of Marcin Bukowski … Continued

Małgorzata Kossowska on resilience to vaccinate and knowledge resistance – popularization events and recordings of talks

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We are happy to share two recordings of interesting talks by our Head, prof. Małgorzata Kossowska. She was recently invited to comment on knowledge resistance at Wrocław University of Science and Technology [recording >>HERE<<] resilience to vaccinate at Copernicus Science Centre [recording … Continued

A new paper by Gabriela Czarnek and colleagues!

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Gabriela Czarnek from our Centre together with Michael Richter and Paweł Strojny published a paper in Psychophysiology! The goals of this research were to analyze cardiac sympathetic recovery patterns and evaluate whether sympathetic cardiac responses to a task challenge can … Continued

A new paper by Maciek Sekerdej & Paulina Szwed!

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Critical reflection on one’s own group is beneficial for the group in the long run, yet critics addressing its wrongdoings are usually not welcomed and have to cope with hostility and ostracism from the ingroup. The present research tested whether … Continued

A new book on control and uncertainty!

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A new book “Sense of control and uncertainty: consequences for understanding of social world” edited by Mirosław Kofta and Anna Rędzio is finally out! In the publication you can find latest research on how sense of control and uncertainty influence … Continued

New NSC grants for our lab members!

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Two members of our Centre have been awarded NSC grants for their research! Paulina Szwed received a PRELUDIUM grant for the project titled ‘Effort processes in Cognitive Disonance reduction. Motivational Intensity Theory perspective’ and Katarzyna Jasko received OPUS for her … Continued

A new paper in Journal of Applied Social Psychology!

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Katarzyna Jasko from our Centre together with Karolina Dukala and Marta Szastok have just published a new article in the ‘Journal of Applied Social Psychology’! In three studies they showed that when female students focused on similarities between men and … Continued

A new article of Gabriela Czarnek, Paulina Szwed, and Małgorzata Kossowska in EJSP!

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The majority of psychological research so far was focused on showing that people holding right-wing political beliefs, in comparison to left-wingers, are more prejudiced. Nevertheless, some researchers were questioning this assumption and showed that both rightists and leftists might be … Continued

Rethinking Refugees

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Who is a refugee/migrant/an asylum seeker? What journey did they endure? Why do we fear them? What are the current challenges of this situation? How can we help victims of war and persecution? How can we enable integration and come … Continued

Rex Wright is visiting us!

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This month Rex Wright, Professor of Psychology at the University of North Texas, is visiting our Centre. During his stay prof. Wright is conducting several workshops: on The Nature of Love (11-12.10), Motives to Help and Harm (15-16.10) and Fatigue and … Continued

Solomon Asch Award for Gabriela Czarnek and Piotr Dragon!

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We are happy to inform you that Gabriela Czarnek and Piotr Dragon from our Lab won 2018 Solomon Asch Award for the best paper by young researchers published in Social Psychological Bulletin (Psychologia Społeczna). More to be found at: https://spb.psychopen.eu/about#SolomonAschAward Congratulations!

Public defense of Krzysztof Hanusz doctoral thesis

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We are happy to invite all of you for the public defense of Krzysztof Hanusz doctoral thesis (titled ‘Wpływ poczucia skuteczności na efekt ekspozycji na grę komputerową’). His supervisor is prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Kossowska, reviewers prof. dr hab. Paweł Doliński (SWPS Wrocław) … Continued

A new article in the European Journal of Social Psychology!

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A new article by our colleagues in European Journal of Social Psychology! Maciek Sekerdej together with Małgorzata Kossowska and Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka from our Centre recently published a paper on the relationship between epistemic motivation and intergroup perception (mediated through the … Continued

Conspiracy theories and Need for Cognitive Closure – our research discussed by PsyPost!

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A paper on the link between need for cognitive closure (NFCC) and endorsment of conspiracy theories, published in the ‘European Journal of Social Psychology’ and written by Marta Marchlewska (University of Warsaw), Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent, UK) and Małgorzata … Continued

A new article in “Psychologia Społeczna” (Social Psychological Bulletin)

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Using valid and reliable measures is a part of good scientific practice. Gabriela Czarnek, Piotr Dragon and Paulina Szwed from our Centre together with Bogdan Wojciszke (SWPS, Sopot) aimed to check psychometric properties of the Political Beliefs Questionnaire. They ran … Continued

A new paper in European Journal of Social Psychology!

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Conspiracy theories may be attractive to people who seek certainty when facing unclear situations – that was an assumption of research conducted by Marta Marchlewska (University of Warsaw) together with Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent, UK) and Małgorzata Kossowska from … Continued

Another paper in ‘Frontiers in Psychology’!

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Embodied cognition – a perspective joining cognitive with physical aspects of human functioning – gained lots of attention recentely. Katarzyna Cantarero and Michał Parzuchowski together with Karolina Dukała from our Centre tested whether hand-over-heart gesture diminishes other-oriented dishonesty, as previous … Continued

Arie Kruglanski, Marina Chernikova and Katarzyna Jasko on condition of social psychology for EJSP!

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Condition of social psychology is a matter that Arie Kruglanski and Marina Chernikova together with Katarzyna Jasko from our Centre investigate in the paper published by European Journal of Social Psychology. In-depth analysis let the authors reflect on both – … Continued

Another paper of our Centre in “Frontiers in Psychology”!

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Małgorzata Kossowska, Paulina Szwed, Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka, Maciek Sekerdej and Miroslaw Wyczesany ran a psychophysiological study on threat relieving strategies in religious context. Groups that hold a certain worldview often react with prejudice toward groups of opposit views. Following this reasoning, … Continued

Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska in Personality and Individual Differences

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Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska published a paper titled Need for cognitive closure and attention allocation during multitasking: Evidence from eye-tracking studies in Personality and Individual Differences. In a series of two eye-tracking studies they found that high NFC participants in order to … Continued

Merry Christmas!

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To all our friends, collaborators, and people interested in social psychology: Merry Christmas and all the best for upcoming year 2017!      

Noble box 2016

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This year our team joined efforts to prepare a noble box: a Christmas gift for a family in need. Again, our leader was Ewa Szumowska! Ewa, thank you for your inspiration and efforts to make it happen.

‘Personality and Individual Differences’ with Sindhuja Sankaran and the team!

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A new paper in “Personality and Individual Differences”! Sindhuja Sankaran and colleagues published paper on the role of need for closure (NFC) and situational appraisals in creative performance. They showed that high NFC individuals would show reduced creativity due to … Continued

Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska in ‘Personality and Individual Differences’

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Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska wrote second paper on the relationship between motivation and multitasking performance. They again showed that higher level of the Need for​ Cognitive​ ​Closure​ (NFC)​ is not a ‘bad’ thing. In contrast, they demonstrated that high … Continued

‘Coping with Lack of Control in a Social World’ new book edited by Marcin Bukowski and collaborants

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We are happy to share that Marcin Bukowski from our Centre in cooperation with Immo Fritsche (University of Leipzig), Ana Guinote (University College London) and Mirosław Kofta (University of Warsaw) edited a book in the ‘Current Issues in Social Psychology’ … Continued

University awards for Małgorzata Kossowska and Marcin Bukowski

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We are very proud to share the information that two of our colleagues received important University awards during  ​the Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2016/17!   Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska ​received ‘Laur Jagielloński’ for outstanding scientific achievements and Marcin Bukows​ki was awarded with The Rector Award … Continued

Małgorzata Kossowska and team in ‘Motivation and Emotion’

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Not​ always higher level in Need for​ Cognitive​ ​Closure​ (NFC)​ ​is related to boost in prejudice or stereotyping. Małgorzata Kossowska, Marcin Bukowski​, and Piotr Dragon from our ​group together with Ana Guinote ​(University College London) ​and Arie Kruglanski​ (University of … Continued

Another paper of our lab group in ‘Personality and Individual Differences’!

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Another paper from our lab group: Małgorzata Kossowska, Paulina Szwed, Eligiusz Wronka, Gabriela Czarnek, and Mirosław Wyczesany is published in ‘Personality and Individual Differences’. In the article titled “Anxiolytic Functions of Fundamental Beliefs: Neurocognitive Evidence” researchers asked question whether people … Continued

Małgorzata Kossowska and team in ‘Personality and Individual Differences’

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Connection between stress and moral decision making was a subject of interest of our Centre’s team. According to previous research, stress promotes rather deontological than utilitarian decisions. Małgorzata Kossowska, Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka, Ewa Szumowska, and Anna Czarna from our Centre took … Continued

Abstract submission deadline for the Small Group Meeting extended to March 15th!

Let us invite you once again for the Small Group Meeting on Cognitive Consistency which will take place May 20 – 22nd. There is still an opportunity to register as an active participant as the abstract submission deadline has been … Continued

Joanna Pyrkosz – Pacyna defence

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Last Thursday, member of our team, Joanna Pyrkosz – Pacyna, defended her PhD thesis on the personality and situational factors affecting success in entrepreneurship. Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska was Joanna’s advisor. The reviewers were dr hab. Anna Zalewska, prof. SWPS and dr hab. … Continued

“(Un)easy returns home?” – conference and interview by Joanna Grzymała – Moszczyńska

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Our colleague Joanna Grzymała – Moszczyńska together with prof. Halina Grzymała – Moszczyńska, Joanna Durlik and Paulina Szydłowska from the Institute of Psychology UJ gave an interview for Gazeta Wyborcza (Duży Format, December 10th). They discussed the situation of people (especially … Continued

Seminar on Control Motivation and (Social) Cognition

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About the Meeting Exerting control over the environment has been recognized within various domains of psychology (basic, personality, social, developmental etc.) as a fundamental type of motivation. The cognitive, emotional and motivational effects of control deprivation had been extensively studied … Continued

Lab group meetings in summer semester 2015

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The list of topics dissused during  past lab group meetings in summer semester 2015 is presented below. 14.07.2015 James Greville, Swansea University, presented his research on “Generalised and derived conditioned suppression in virtual reality environments” 23.06.2015 Ewa Szumowska presented her … Continued

Lab group meetings in winter semester 2013/14

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The list of topics dissused during  past lab group meetings in winter semester 2013/2014 is presented below. 07.01.2014 During the meeting Maria Hornowska-Stoch presented her research proposal on “Different aspects of uncertainty and couple reflections about fanaticism”. 17.12.2013 During the … Continued

10th Winter Seminar in Social Cognition Gliczarów 2013

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We organized our traditional 3-day winter seminar (8-10 February 2013) with social psychology researchers from other Polish universities. It was a successful event that facilitated future research collaborations by exchanging  and discussing compelling results and ideas. Integrating science with socializing is what social psychology is … Continued